The Syndicate

alexa wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 11:36 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:57 pm Did you and Anne meet via mafia, did one of you introduce the other to mafia, or is it a total coincidence that you both play mafia?
we met via mafia (on epicmafia) in march 2020 and started talking in may 2020

she flamed me really hard our first game

Can't have a spark without a flame

Did you and Anne meet via mafia, did one of you introduce the other to mafia, or is it a total coincidence that you both play mafia?

Who is your favorite non-anne mafia player to watch play? Or one of your favorites, at least.

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:08 pm
Scotty wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:48 pm an erotic animal
wait

All animals are erotic if you're brave enough

Trochilidae wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:26 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:06 pm Have you ever seen positive representation for DID in media?
nope
wish i had
but i did hear that marvel’s moon knight focuses on a character with DID and that it’s done fairly well, haven’t seen it myself yet though

I don't recall whether it's explicitly DID or not, and im not sure how true of a representation of DID it is, but Legion may be worth checking out. It's...without spoiling past the first five minutes of episode one, the main character has superpowers and what is functionally DID afaict*

Worth checking out if that sort of thing interests you, anyways, I know some people don't like seeing something they deal with portrayed in media at times

*in the comics he explicitly does, in the show it's somewhat more complicated/kind of a grey area/ambiguous

Scotty wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:43 am
srceenplay wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:49 am If you could re-live a day in your life, what would it be and why.
The very first time I saw Inception blew my little mind. Or to go back and enjoy the first time I played Breath of the Wild.

No no, I wanna go back to my 9th birthday party and relive split screening Diddy Kong Racing, the epic water balloon fight around my house and the sleepover that ensued sugar-high off of Sunny D and Capri suns.

I miss split screening in general

Idk if your wife is into games but if she is there are some pretty decent modern split screen options

I don't think he is lol

Syn wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:14 pm What makes horror analog?

Sorting between RCA and VGA and coaxle and whatnot is pretty horrifying

ignoramus wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:28 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:22 pm
ignoramus wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:12 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:10 pm Yeah that makes total sense. Do you see drawing as something you want to do long term?
Yeah!! If I can, I'd love to have a career related to drawing and/or editing
I kinda feel like it's unlikely though but I'll try my best nonetheless
Idk, I've seen some of your stuff and you're pretty talented. Of course making a career out of it requires a good deal of luck too, but having the talent is the first step!
Thank you!! As always, I'm just constantly worried about the impending doom that is trying to get a job and failing miserably
(also the site is constantly getting broken for me so I might take a while to answer)

Yeah that's always the hard part! Lol. I believe in you

ignoramus wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:12 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:10 pm Yeah that makes total sense. Do you see drawing as something you want to do long term?
Yeah!! If I can, I'd love to have a career related to drawing and/or editing
I kinda feel like it's unlikely though but I'll try my best nonetheless

Idk, I've seen some of your stuff and you're pretty talented. Of course making a career out of it requires a good deal of luck too, but having the talent is the first step!

Yeah that makes total sense. Do you see drawing as something you want to do long term?

What's your favorite medium for drawing, either virtual or physical?

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:10 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:00 am
dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:52 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:51 am But yeah what syn said, there's tons of sci fi where the sci part just gets handwaved away the same way magic does in a lot of fantasy stuff
Give me a movie/show or book recommendation that fits the bill.
Ursula k le guin has some good sci fi books that I recall being approachable for serious readers that aren't sci fi fans. I don't remember the order you're supposed to read them in offhand but left hand of darkness and the dispossessed. I recall hitchhikers guide to the galaxy fitting the bill well (both the movie and the book). Asimov is an acquired taste but a lot of his stuff is focused more around philosophical/ethical concerns rather than the specific made up science, nemesis and a lot of his other short stories in particular.

For movies/tv...well doctor who is a classic entry point for a lot of people, and is pretty accessible...star wars of course...perhaps not stereotypical sci fi but the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is an excellent movie
thanks!! i'll check these out soon tbh and report back

Definitely let me know what you think if you read/watch any of this stuff!

Tartovsky is who I'm thinking of. Solaris in particular.

His movies are amazing and also incredibly slow paced

Theres a Russian director whose name im blanking on that made some excellent sci fi movies

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:52 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:51 am But yeah what syn said, there's tons of sci fi where the sci part just gets handwaved away the same way magic does in a lot of fantasy stuff
Give me a movie/show or book recommendation that fits the bill.

Ursula k le guin has some good sci fi books that I recall being approachable for serious readers that aren't sci fi fans. I don't remember the order you're supposed to read them in offhand but left hand of darkness and the dispossessed. I recall hitchhikers guide to the galaxy fitting the bill well (both the movie and the book). Asimov is an acquired taste but a lot of his stuff is focused more around philosophical/ethical concerns rather than the specific made up science, nemesis and a lot of his other short stories in particular.

For movies/tv...well doctor who is a classic entry point for a lot of people, and is pretty accessible...star wars of course...perhaps not stereotypical sci fi but the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is an excellent movie

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:52 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:49 am Who's the most famous person you've met? Not including things like meet and greets or stuff like that
Not including meet and greets hmmm

I was at a hair salon getting highlights and Asala Nasri was there and complimented my hair

You probably don't know her, she's a famous middle eastern singer.

I don't know her music at all but I have actually heard her name before

But yeah what syn said, there's tons of sci fi where the sci part just gets handwaved away the same way magic does in a lot of fantasy stuff

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:48 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:45 am Sci fi is just fantasy in space and/or with time travel
It's harder for me to imagine space fiction since it's a setting I've never been close to I suppose. And there's a lot of technical stuff. Like I did Spacedaisys star trek themed rpg for a while and was the social doctor with a tab of technical spaceship terms I don't understand open at all times

This implies that you have been to middle earth

Dunia is an elf confirmed

Who's the most famous person you've met? Not including things like meet and greets or stuff like that

Sci fi is just fantasy in space and/or with time travel

Except for pain and gain, I have a soft spot for that one tbh

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:40 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:35 am
Idk theres some pretty bad art

There's actually a really cool dali museum in Saint pete, this reminds me I need to get back there some time!
Give me bad art example

If you go, pls take pics and share with the rest of class!!!

Well there's a lot of like...sexist or racist or homophobic art, so that stuff

Also Michael Bay movies

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:30 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:25 am I think I tend to like looks into a creative person's process in the form of documentaries and/or interviews more, something about hearing them talk about it/seeing it play out connects more with me. When it's actually interesting and not just a bunch of pretentious bs, of course.

Which segues neatly into my next question, how much of an "art snob" would you say you are? Consistent across mediums, or does it vary from one to another?
Oh for sure! I've watched hours of interviews with Dali which actually made me appreciate his creative process and art even more to make him a fav!

Pretentious and philosophical--- there's a very fine line between the two I agree lol. And most artists like to get philosophical

I'm not an art snob at all. I'm the furthest thing from that because I feel like a virgin critic. I do get angry when people bash art, cos I feel it wasn't meant to be appreciated by everyone but that doesn't make it "bad".

Idk theres some pretty bad art

There's actually a really cool dali museum in Saint pete, this reminds me I need to get back there some time!

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:27 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:22 am Yeah he's an absurd person. And to think he still had time to devise a tank a flying machine AND leave a code leading to the long lost family of Christ, his time management must've been so good
Well Nook, he didn't live in the time of the Internet where procrastination is at an all time high

He's amazing yeah. His creativity and ability just had no bounds.

Yeah, no cell phones or fancy coffee to distract him, that must explain it

I think I tend to like looks into a creative person's process in the form of documentaries and/or interviews more, something about hearing them talk about it/seeing it play out connects more with me. When it's actually interesting and not just a bunch of pretentious bs, of course.

Which segues neatly into my next question, how much of an "art snob" would you say you are? Consistent across mediums, or does it vary from one to another?

Yeah he's an absurd person. And to think he still had time to devise a tank a flying machine AND leave a code leading to the long lost family of Christ, his time management must've been so good

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:12 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:08 am Is graffiti your favorite art medium? If you had to pick one
Music is probably my favorite medium of expressing art.

Graffiti is my favorite where actual drawing is involved though yeah for sure.

I am also fascinated by prominent artists sketch books vs their actual painting masterpiece lol.

Yeh sketchbooks and notes are super cool

I usually prefer the product over the process, but it depends a lot on who it is too

Is graffiti your favorite art medium? If you had to pick one

Do you have a favorite piece/work of art?

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:09 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:06 pm Florida trip when
i wish it could be 2022, but with my schedule at work, more like 2023 for US trip! maybe you won't be in florida then

Sounds ominous!

Florida trip when

fingersplints wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:25 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:21 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:55 pm
DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:49 pm
Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:15 pm What sports do you enjoy?
Any that I take time to watch really. Football and Soccer would be the top
Consider: hockey.
denied.

you and @NotAnAxehole are the only two humans who still watch hockey tbh.
I actually love hockey but the games are often too late for me

Have you considered living in a real country?

15,000 isn’t totally unreasonable if you play regularly for like 8+ years

Pretty cautiously optimistic about the new his dark materials adaptation. The movie they tried was pretty terrible. Haven’t watched any of it yet but hoping the show is good.

Evenstar wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:06 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:46 am Nevermore is a really fun game, definitely second that recommendation.
It definitely catches my eye from the description. Is there an online version?

Not that I’m aware of, I’ve played it in person a couple times. I haven’t really looked though, so maybe!

Nevermore is a really fun game, definitely second that recommendation.

Would you say that elli is the town version of you or that you’re the scum version of elli, as far as skill level is concerned

nutella wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:58 pm Mistborn is great! Have you read any of the other parts of the Cosmere (the Stormlight Archive for example)? I'm a big Sanderson nerd

Storm light archives

(I love lies of Locke lamora too)

This one I think

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:00 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:50 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:15 pm What do you do for work, Mr. THEGREATANDFEARSOME?
I’m a video editor at a local PBS station
That’s neat. What does it entail?

Editing videos

Non snarky answer is that I get footage from a shoot and a script, then I put the piece together using the interview and broll footage and making tweaks to the script as necessary.

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:27 pm If a mime falls in the woods, and no one else is present, does it make a sound?

Not if it’s a professional

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:15 pm What do you do for work, Mr. THEGREATANDFEARSOME?

I’m a video editor at a local PBS station

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:22 pm lollll

Why are you Nanook? Story behind the username? Do you live in an igloo?

It’s a reference to this song:

Paprika, in large part so I can say it weird and incessantly to annoy my wife.

Yeah guys spice things up already

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:49 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:58 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:36 pm what's your fav dish to cook?
A good tenderloin, season it with Italian herbs and the fancy himalayan pink salt, start it on the grill for 2-3 minutes on each side, stick in the oven at 420 (nice) for 1-2 minutes, then eat. Usually have spinach and mushrooms with it.

Unfortunately I am a poor boy and thus do not cook this with anything approaching regularity.
Yummmmm that sounds awesome

What kind of music do you like / favorite artists, genres etc?

Yeah it’s pretty good! I don’t cook fancy very often but I’m pretty solid at it the rare times I do.

I have pretty wide ranging tastes in music. I think my favorite artists are probably Zappa and jethro tull, overall. I also have an abiding love of kesha. I don’t really like electrónica and its ilk but outside of that I can find songs I like in most genres I think.

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:50 pm Would you rather be a virtuous martyr or a starving artist?

Starving artist if I have to be one I guess. Not a huge martyr fan tbh.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:36 pm what's your fav dish to cook?

A good tenderloin, season it with Italian herbs and the fancy himalayan pink salt, start it on the grill for 2-3 minutes on each side, stick in the oven at 420 (nice) for 1-2 minutes, then eat. Usually have spinach and mushrooms with it.

Unfortunately I am a poor boy and thus do not cook this with anything approaching regularity.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:35 pm awww, "I love you". that's a surprising answer. haven't pegged you down as a romantic for some reason.

I have a wife and a 9 month old, it gets said quite a bit in one form or another

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